Police: Mom texting while driving in crash that injured daughter, 8

By Robert Mills, rmills@lowellsun.com

Updated:
11/29/2012 10:04:19 AM EST

LOWELL -- A 28-year-old woman will be summonsed to court to face multiple charges since police say she was text messaging as her car left the right side of Boylston Street on Monday and slammed into a tree, leaving her 8-year-old daughter critically injured.

Katherine Main, 28, of Lowell, will be summonsed to court to face counts of impeded operation (use of a cellphone), sending or reading a text message while operating a vehicle, seatbelt violation, speeding, marked lanes violation, and operating to endanger, according to Lt. Timothy Crowley.

Police have also filed an "immediate threat" report with the Registry of Motor Vehicles to have Main's license suspended immediately, according to Crowley.

Police say Main was texting and speeding as her car continued going straight at a slight curve to the left in Boylston Street near the entrance to the J.G. Pyne Arts Magnet School on Monday about 4:50 p.m.

The car slammed into a large tree located about 10 to 15 feet off the road.

Main was taken to a city hospital with what were described as minor injuries, but her 8-year-old daughter, whose name is not being released, was rushed to Cawley Stadium and then flown to Massachusetts General Hospital, where she was initially listed in critical condition.

Police said the girl's condition has improved, but she remains hospitalized.

Main will be summonsed to appear in Lowell District Court at a later date.

Welcome to your discussion forum: Sign in with a Disqus account or your social networking account for your comment to be posted immediately, provided it meets the guidelines. (READ HOW.)
Comments made here are the sole responsibility of the person posting them; these comments do not reflect the opinion of The Sun. So keep it civil.